Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How the U.S. Uses Globalization to
Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/31/1546207
Watch/Listen to an hour long interview with John Perkins, a former
respected member of the international banking community. In his book
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man he describes how as a highly paid
professional, he helped the U.S. cheat poor countries around the globe
out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could
possibly repay and then taking over their economies. John Perkins
describes himself as a former economic hit man - a highly paid
professional who cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of
dollars.
20 years ago Perkins began writing a book with the working title,
"Conscience of an Economic Hit Men."
Perkins writes, "The book was to be dedicated to the presidents of two
countries, men who had been his clients whom I respected and thought of
as kindred spirits - Jaime Roldós, president of Ecuador, and Omar
Torrijos, president of Panama. Both had just died in fiery crashes.
Their deaths were not accidental. They were assassinated because they
opposed that fraternity of cor****ate, government, and banking heads
whose goal is global empire. We Economic Hit Men failed to bring
Roldós and Torrijos around, and the other type of hit men, the
CIA-sanctioned jackals who were always right behind us, stepped in.
John Perkins goes on to write: "I was persuaded to stop writing that
book. I started it four more times during the next twenty years. On
each occasion, my decision to begin again was influenced by current
world events: the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1980, the first Gulf War,
Somalia, and the rise of Osama bin Laden. However, threats or bribes
always convinced me to stop."
But now Perkins has finally published his story. The book is titled
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
Watch and/or listen to the interview
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/31/1546207
read excerpt:
http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/interviews/188
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22 CONFESSIONS OF AN ECONOMIC HIT MAN, by John Perkins.
(Berrett-Koehler)
Listed as #22 here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/19/books/bestseller/1219besthardnonfic...
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good short article here:
"Smedley Butler, Meet John Perkins"
- about the most decorated Major General in Marine Corps history and John
Perkins, the former Economic Hitman.
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1119-24.htm
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here's the former Hit Man's home page
http://www.johnperkins.org/
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